Thanks-I bookmarked that site-they have a lot of neat pet stuff.
My Maine Coon from the shelter-I always get my cats from the shelter-is my oldest-he is about 12, and the neighbor’s neglected cat I feed and shelter-the one I plan to abduct-is at least that old-they would probably appreciate one of those beds for next Winter.
I bought my 16 year old Husky a heated bed last year, but she has way too much fur to appreciate it-she still loves for me to take her for a walk when it is dark, windy and 23 outside and I’m freezing my ass off...
I’ve always found cats to be very social, probably since my family always had them as pets along with dogs. I have an orange mostly-Persian, Titus who is very vocal-he lies upside down on the chair beside me and makes pleased noises like the dog does when I scratch his belly.
He was found wandering around lost at a snowbird RV park and brought to the shelter. He was only about 2 months old and liked people-so a lost pet. I agreed to foster him, and when no owner showed up in a month, I paid the fee to adopt him, and had him neutered a bit later. He and the little brindle former feral cat are both self-propelled lap ornaments. People who say cats aren’t social probably haven’t been around them much.
Since I began dating as an adult, my main requirement-other than being a conservative-was that the guy had to be a cat person, or I was not even interested in a first date-MrT5 was a bit more liberal than I liked, but he had cats as well as a dog, so I let that slide, and slowly helped him see that he was really not a liberal-a stealth conversion-the cat thing was most important to me...
If you buy a heated bed for the cat, you will be surprised to see how she takes to it.
Anyone considering it should remember something about cats though, don’t show her the bed and let her know that you want her to get on it, if you do, she will avoid it.
The cat has to discover things on their own usually, or that stubborn streak might come out, the one where they do things to spite you, like totally ignoring the toy you brought home for them, the same toy that they will seek out and love if you pretend that it has nothing to do with them.